Dairy (lactose) Free diet

researcher

newlywed wrote:

For ice cream - look for Swedish Glace - in a hexagonal tub - made from soya and very nice, especially chocolate one (not at all like the yukky soya milk).

I like the vanilla one best - I was eating it even before I had these problems. You can buy it in some Tescos', Holland & Barrett and Health food stores. If you don't tell, no-one would guess it was soya!

paulp911

researcher wrote:

I seem to have developed a really bad sensitivity to eating dairy - (believe me you don't want details over breakfast). I've tried excluding it from my diet entirely, which is VERY difficult. Not only do I love cheese as an ingredient in cooking, but there is so much whey or milk powders hidden away, even in bread. I have to travel for work sometimes and therefore eat out, and love food, so hate what this is doing to me and want to find some answers.

Anyhow, I've found these things help:

Lactose free milk - I can have the occasional bowl of porridge again, but I don't push it and I have it rarely.
Roobios Tea and Green tea - totally drinkable without milk.
Swedish Soya Ice cream - so good and I didn't know it was dairy free when a friend first gave it to me before I developed this condition.
Acidophilus - (just started) - seems to easy the wind and has made a difference in other departments too.
Sour Dough bread - seems to be made dairy free.

I hate soya milk - although made into custard it's edible!

I'd be very grateful for advice on any aspect of this. It's been going on for more than 9 months now, my GP hasn't suggested anything I didn't know, but there must be so much collective knowledge on this board.

Thanks

Can I just ask you Researcher what symptoms have you developed or in what way does your body not like diry food? I myself have developed late on in life I might add certain benefits to not eating dairy products,like if I omit them I don't get a nasal blockage ( I kid you not), I don't get headaches ( which my wife swears I make them up)And I generally feel alot fitter and healthier.Just as a matter of interest I haver found the benefits of drinking wheatgrass, you should google it, and just look at the benefits as I see your health is important to you.It is quite incredible,you have to start out with small measures as your body won't take a large shot such is the power of it,but once you have built up you dose then the feel good factor, it is great ,you feel like your on cloud nine and I am being very sincere and honest about it.I know I have drifted off the subject a bit but I thought I would throw that one in as a health option.Just the reading of the product will make you want to try some,Please let me know what you think of it if you do read about it, I would be very interested to know.But getting back to the subject I suffer some kind of Hay fever reaction to dairy products and when I cut them out my life changes,but I just love, and I might also add been brought up on semi skimmed milk to drink. I simply love it but, but it doesn't like me. I hope you don't have the same problem with me or milk come to that. (cough..cough)Ah well enough said please let me know what you learn from wheatgrass ( I can confirm it tastes ok not brill but ok but, the effects are surprising,believe me.I am not a seller of the stuff just testimony to it that's all.
Regards
Paul Petterson

newlywed

I have eczema and I personally find that the lower fat, the less it affects me. So if I go for edam or lower fat cheese it's not AS bad as full fat cheddar etc.

Also goats cheese does't affect me - although finding a nice mild one can be tricky!!

I only really miss cheese on pizza or jacket potato. I hardly miss milk at all - only use a bit in cooking although sometimes give in and have rice pudding and then regret it later!!

researcher

Hi Paul,
my symptoms are a very painful lower intestine and colon - like they go into spasm - followed by diarrhoea. This comes on very suddenly (and anytime)and is really, really painful. I also get lots of wind and a very swollen abdomen. I wake up in the morning feeling like I've been kicked in the stomach by a mule! It is not nice at all. It has developed from a slight sensitivity to a full blown NO. However, I still do eat some occasionally, life's too short. I can't take any cheese or yogurt, whether it's goats or ewes. I've excluded various foods from my diet, I've been allergy tested (waste of money) and I've tried lots of supplements. I'm currently taking acidophilus which is helping a great deal. I will look at wheatgrass, but after I tried Aloe Vera, which was disgusting :eek: :eek: Yes it really was that bad, I've kept away from anything with a taste!

When I cut out dairy - I developed a terrible headache for a week, which I think proves it wasn't doing me any good in the first place - but I still miss it!

I do want to make clear that I am NOT looking for medical advice - I have a brilliant GP - I am looking for nutritional and personal recommendations of things that help.

suzywoozy_3

My son (4) is dairy free. We have got used to it over time.

I find Soya milk works best in baking - we all happily eat cakes, yorkshire puddings and pancakes from soya milk. Rice milk in nice with cereal but is very sweat. I haven't found anything that is good in tea or coffee.

Eating at home isn't a big problem most recoipes can be adapted for dairy free, only the very cheesey ones can't. Soya yohurt works well in cooking, things like curry. I don't like the soya yoghurst but I do like the alpro soya desserts.

Eating out is more of a problem as anything might have milk in, we tend to go for low risk options like burgers and chips - which he thinks is a great treat, but isn't much use for a grown up though.

Bourbons(the proper oblong ones, not the more square ones as these normally have milk) and Tesco value jaffa cakes are the main cheap treats here.

Frys chocloate bars are good if you want the chocolate thing but for it not to seem so dark.

Who said Tesco doughnuts? Are they really dairy free?

Oh another tip some of the supermarkets produce a booklet (probably huge) which lists their own brand products and if they are dairy free, these are very useful if you can get hold of one. Also people behind bakery counters etc will generally have a book they can go and look up the ingredients in for you.

Beware of cooked meats too, most ham is OK but a lot of the turkey and chicken have added milk.

glendam

Hi my daughter has been ill since March eventually said it was glandular fever and now followed by fatigue syndrome.
During this time she has developed an allergy to dairy products and possibly wheat but one thing at a time, she never liked milk anyway so that is not a big problem.
Just wondering if any one had ideas for living with this. When you read labels so many things have milk powder in.
If this is the wrong board I am sure someone will move it,

Thanks foe any help

squeaky

Hiya

This older thread should give you a start:-

Dairy Free diet

And a quick search using dairy will show up one or two short threads on special things like dairy free birthday cakes and so on

HTH

poppett

Not sure if this is in the right place, so please feel free to move if needed.

My granddaughter has been diagnosed as diary intolerant, she's 1yr old. My daughter would like as much help as possible with recipes or ideas on what to feed her. I said I'd ask on here as I'm sure someone will be able to help????

Zara33

poppett i believe there is some dairy free recipes in the old style board.

churchrat

hi
is she lactose intolerant? my dd is and we buy the lacto free fresh milk in cartons. You can use it just as normal milk with no "side " effects, making cooking etc much easier.
its a pain living without dairy to start with, surprising how quickly you get used to it
goodluck